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The Elections Act, 2017 (Act No. XXXIII of 2017).

Country(ies)

Pakistan

Subjects (Classification)

Constitutional law

Adopted on (Date of text)

2017-10-02

Scope of text

National

Type of legislation (Type of text)

Law, Act

Abstract/Citation

An Act to amend, consolidate and unify laws relating to the conduct of elections. Repeals the following laws:
(a) the Electoral Rolls Act, 1974 (Act No. XXI of 1974);
(b) the Delimitation of Constituencies Act, 1974 (Act No. XXXIV of 1974);
(c) the Senate (Election) Act, 1975 (Act No. LI of 1975);
(d) the Representation of the People Act, 1976 (Act No. LXXXV of 1976);
(e) the Election Commission Order, 2002 (Chief Executive‘s Order No.1 of 2002);
(f) the Conduct of General Elections Order, 2002 (Chief Executive‘s Order No.7 of 2002);
(g) the Political Parties Order, 2002 (Chief Executive‘s Order No.18 of 2002); and
(h) the Allocation of Symbols Order, 2002